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THE CRIMSON PLAYGOER

"Wedding Bells" Above Average Film While "Slim" Timberlin Heads a Fine Program of Vaudeville.

Since the Keith Memorial has taken to running only pictures, the high class vaudeville acts for which it was so noted have shifted to its sister theater, the Keith Albee, with the result that the pictures at the latter house are as a rule of lower calibre.

This week's bill at the Keith Albee, however, is an exception to that rule, for both the picture and the vaudeville is of the highest type. "Wedding Bells" featuring Lois Wilson and H. B. Warner is an unusually good movie, with its plot of an entirely different type from the average run of pictures.

The story is woven around two sisters, one a rather sedate young damsel of the early 20th century type,--the other, a typical daughter of jazz. Both seek the same man, a part well-played by H. B. Warner. Unlike most of the more recent mass production jazz age pictures, it is the old-fashioned girl that wins in the end, but not until several rather entertaining situations are developed.

With the emphasis seemingly placed on the picture, one is happily surprised to find that the vaudeville maintains its usual excellence. "Slim" Timberlin heads the bill and his black-face act of monologue and dialogue keeps the audience in a constant uproar of laughter. For an orchestra composed entirely of women, Jean Rankin's group is surprisingly good, and the members show great versatility in the variety of instruments played.

A very clever juggling act is put on by Messrs. Monalt and Hardy, in which in place of the usual juggling materials, they perform with a dozen hats which they keep constantly moving from one head to the other.

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